The Bear Club

Henry got a neat canvas vest with the 'Bear Club' emblem on it. I realized that although I was not a member of the club, I had nearly the same outfit in my closet. Here we are in matching kit.

Henry weeks 7 8

Issue #4 of the critically acclaimed series:

First Road Trip

Joe here,

On Thursday I got word that I needed to be in Jackson Hole for a project interview Friday. Holly and I decided this little trip would be a perfect experiment to see how road worthy Henry was. Verdict.. He is very good company on a road trip! It was a great day, not only did I get the project, but Henry slept the entire car ride down and we only had to stop to feed him once. Here we are in Jackson with some bronze Elk. We then had some terrific Thai food and called it an early day.
This morning we got up at 5 and hung around the hotel for a bit and were among the first in line at 'The Bunnery' at 7. Next up was Teton National Park. We hit some of the paved trails that were stroller friendly around Jenny Lake, but there wasn't much. Henry was out cold for most of the ride and didn't like being taken from his car seat.
So, we kept on driving into Yellowstone and stopped at Old Faithful for a photo op. Somehow even though it was crowded in the park, we seemed to always be going up stream from the traffic. The drive was very pleasant and we made it back to Bozeman at 2pm. A quick trip though the park, but we kept talking about how much fun it will be to bring him back when he is old enough to participate!

Henry weeks 5-6

I'd rather stand

Our "little" boy is 6 weeks old today! I am fully aware that I have the shortest torso known to man, but I think Henry's height has something to do with it too.



There are moments during the day with Henry that I think he is channeling Stewie from Family Guy. Here is one of those moments.


I went to put him into the bouncy seat and he planted his feet at the base and locked his knees. He then flashed me the expression you see in the photo. I started laughing and by the time I ran back with the camera the strength in his legs was slowly giving out, so he not as upright as he was at first. I feel like he thinks the car seat is demoralizing.

He still loves swatting at the blue elephant in the play palace, and he regularly talks to the airplanes flying over his crib (airplane mobile), he just started noticing the bird mobile above his changing table (it's several feet above the table) he smiles and stares at it while we change him. Another favorite of Henry's is pop music. I hold him out and dance while he pumps his arm. I am not kidding, sometimes I feel like it matches the beat perfectly! Joe tried to get a video of him doing it, but as is usually goes... by the time you grab the camera, the moment has passed.

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Maybe Outdoor festivals aren't Henry's thing...

Another busy day! We took Henry to another outdoor concert today. This time instead of swing music we had some really neat French/Romanian/Gypsy music. The only thing that aroused his suspicion was the applause between songs. In any case, he's a trooper and I think we can lug him just about anywhere at this point.
After the concert we got slammed by a thunderstorm and took refuge in a coffee shop for a while. We took the long way home and ended up dry in the end. Henry really liked the ride in the stroller with me running full bore into a gale force headwind to get him inside before the rain hit.
Rather than be upset he had the kind of look an adrenaline junkie would have, as if to ask for another ride....

Get around round round we get around...

Sweet Pea is an annual festival that runs for three days at the beginning of August. This whole week has been action packed with activities. On Wednesday we took Henry down for his first 'bite of Bozeman' where our Main Street was blocked off with bands and tons of great food. Unfortunately, we hit the frybread stand just as they ran out of batter. Thursday was Music on Main, but we couldn't go because we had TWO 70th birthday parties to attend. The first was at the Story Mansion and the second was in a hotel, both were fun. Friday we hit the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy concert (swing band) on the Sweet Pea main stage with thousands of other bozemanites. We got out of there just as the rain started at about 9:30.

This morning was the Sweet Pea parade and kids fun run. An event like this really hits home how Bozeman really is the breeding ground. There were literally thousands of kids running. I scouted the competition for Henry to compete against in the coming years. After the run we took in the parade. Here's a pic of Henry enjoying his first parade.

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